After church yesterday, I enjoyed dinner at the home of my son Steve and his wife Nancy. Steve waited expectantly as I opened the envelope containing my Mother’s Day card. The front of the card featured an attractive photo of Hillary Clinton and the words: “I know the job is probably the hardest in the world. It involves dealing with wars, handling disputes, and trying to manage unbelievable problems and challenges every single day.”Inside, the card read: “But enough about being a Mom.”
Chatting with Steve and Nancy out on their sunny deck, I was reminded that on Mother’s Day 1980, I joined thousands of women in Chicago’s Grant Park to march in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Our slogan on that occasion was “Give Mom equal rights for Mother’s Day.”
In the meantime, while I basked in the sun and enjoyed my grilled turkey burger, Hillary was hard at work on the campaign trail, touring the birthplace of Mother’s Day in West Virginia. Clinton visited the home of Ann Jarvis, credited with founding Mother’s Day 100 years ago.
The AP reported:
“Clinton spoke to reporters afterward and told stories about women who have changed history by pressing for equal rights and breaking into male-dominated careers.
“She highlighted her own mother's working-class upbringing and quoted from letters she said mothers have written her recently.”
Over at CNN, Bill Schneider is pondering how a big win for Clinton in tomorrow’s West Virginia primary might impact the Democratic race. Noting that the latest polls show Clinton with a 43-point lead, Schneider contends: “A big Clinton win will send a powerful message that there are a lot of Democrats not ready to get on the Obama bandwagon.”
It looks as if Kentucky is waiting in the wings to give Clinton another big win in that state’s primary a week later.
All of this is to say that Obama hasn’t got the nomination wrapped up yet and it’s always smart not to count Hillary Clinton out.
And besides, a lot of us mothers have got her back.
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